At present we have @ 3/4 jays that visit every day feeding on the acorns and walnuts we put out for them. They are truly a stunning bird happily landing on the window sill to feed. They are one of our favorites (the golden oriole, bee-eater and hoopoe top my list), they amaze us all year with their diverse calls but they are one of the noisiest birds around!

The green woodpeckers amuse us as they always seem to be laughing at us! Although they are eating the walnuts at present in the spring/summer they patrol the grass presumably eating any insects that they find there.

Richard wrote: Last Spring the Jay took all the babies in a matter of minutes I think.

I had read about jays doing this but had never witnessed it until today when two jays swooped in to the trees bordering our garden and after much noise one left flying away with a young chick in its beak closely followed by the second jay.